A word from Melody, the 'Lion Tamer and Lion' costume creator:

My son Liam, 8 months old, is wearing lion costume and the idea came from my daughter Hannah,age 8, who wanted to do a themed costum idea. We had a lot of old recital outfits given to us. She went through the outfits and put a few things together and came up with a lion tamer for herself, so Liam became the lion.